MS PUL Woolner 6557


A. MS Identification Data

Accession No. 6557
Catalogue No. 130  (Vol. I, Appendix, p. 138)
Additional Nos.
PUL Subject Classification Mīmāṃsā

B. Physical Description of MS

Support and Layout

Writing Support paper
Condition good

Size in mm

Folio 276 x 112
Writing Area 213 x 65

Margin Lines

Type double
Colour black

String Holes

Lines and Akṣaras

Lines per Folio (from Personal Inspection) 9
Akṣaras per Line 42  (39-42)

Foliation and Physical Completeness of MS

Foliation (from Catalogue) 67  (leaves 61-65 missing [compare with label!])
Foliation (from Label) 52  (67, leaves 51-65 missing)
Foliation (from Personal Inspection) secondary foliation says "52" on 67v
Physical Completeness incomplete

Extent of the Text Present in the MS

Extent (from Catalogue) adhyāya 3
Extent (from Label) 1000 granthas  (compare, however, "graṃtha 1490" written in nāgarī, black ink, m.sec., in the lower right corner of 67v)
Extent (from Personal Inspection) according to colophon: 3rd adhyāya, 2nd pāda  (beginning and ending colophon preserved)

Script and Scribal Conventions

Script Devanāgarī
Style of Writing upright
No. of Hands one
Punctuation daṇḍas  (double and single)

Emphasis

Rubrication Yes  (colophon and particles like: "na ca", "yad vā", "ato", "iti", etc.)

Structural Elements

Other Structural Elements double daṇḍas and space  (for colophon)

Gaps and Fillers

Line Fillers filled with text m.sec.  (written with red ink in the last line of the last folio [67v])

Foliation etc.

Foliation

Location of Foliation verso, upper left and lower right corner
Number of Hands one
Further Features

Auspicious or Devotional Elements

Element rāma
Location verso, lower right corner, above foliation

Marginal Title Information

Abbreviation śāstra.  (secondary "śā.ṭī.(śa) 4" on 1r; "vā.ṭī." on 1v)
Location verso, upper left corner, above foliation

Changes and Additions to the Text

Frequency no marginalia  (in the present sample)

C. Title and Extracts

Title of Work

Title of Work
Śāstradīpikāvyā.
   Source: PUL Label
Śāstradīpikāvyākhyā
   Source: PUL Catalogue (Vol. I, Appendix, p 138)
Śāstradīpikāloka
   Source: Concluding elements (67v,1f. )

Beginning and End of Manuscript

Namaskāra Phrase
Beginning of Text

End of Text

Concluding Elements
Text After Concluding Elements

D. MS Data for Prosopography


Author
Kamalākarabhaṭṭa
   Source: PUL Catalogue (Vol. I, Appendix, p. 138) / PUL Label / Concluding elements (67v,1)

Person Related to Author
Nārāyaṇa Bhaṭṭa Sūri
   Relation to Author: Other Relationships to the Author
   Source: Concluding elements (67v,1)
   Note: father's father
Rāmakr̥ṣṇa Bhaṭṭa
   Relation to Author: Father
   Source: Concluding elements (67v,1)

Person Related to MS
Kapila, Davevidyādharanīpothī
   Source: Concluding elements (postcolophon information)
   Note: compare the postcolophon information in PUL W 6597 and 6593